A  August,'  SST' )  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  603 
Sturmer.  The  meeting  was  held  at  Spring  Lake,  New  Jersey,  June 
18-20.  Five  members  of  the  Faculty  of  the  College  and  two  mem- 
bers of  the  Board  of  Trustees  were  present.  Several  members  of 
the  Faculty  read  papers.  This  meeting  was  a  very  interesting  one, 
but  not  so  largely  attended  as  the  recent  meetings  of  this  Association. 
The  resignation  of  Miss  Katherine  E.  Nagle,  Librarian,  was  pre- 
sented to  take  effect  June  25,  as  she  had  accepted  a  government 
position.  A  letter  from  President  French  to  Miss  Nagle  was  read, 
regretting  the  severance  of  association  with  the  College  as  Librarian. 
On  motion,  a  leave  of  absence  for  three  months,  without  salary,  was 
granted  the  Librarian. 
President  French  read  a  communication  to  President  Wilson 
sent  by  the  Alumni  Association  under  date  of  June  11,  1918,  rela- 
tive to  the  formation  of  a  Pharmaceutical  Corps  in  the  Army,  ask- 
ing the  President  to  support  the  legislation  now  pending  to  that  end. 
The  receipt  of  the  communication  had  been  acknowledged  by  Mr. 
Tumulty,  the  Secretary  to  the  President. 
Mr.  French  read  a  circular  letter  that  had  been  given  him  from 
the  War  Department  addressed  to  all  collegiate  institutions  regard- 
ing some  of  the  draft  exemptions  and  a  continuation  of  study  by 
the  students  in  educational  institutions.  After  remarks  and  expla- 
nation the  subject  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  National  De- 
fence appointed  by  the  Board  of  Trustees. 
The  President  made  the  following  appointments :  Delegates  to 
the  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  at  Chi- 
cago, August  12,  1918,  Charles  H.  LaWall,  Chairman,  E.  F.  Cook, 
Louis  Gershenfeld,  C.  B.  Lowe,  F.  X.  Moerk,  F.  P.  Stroup,  John  K. 
Thum,  H.  W.  Youngken ;  Committee  on  Necrology,  C.  B.  Lowe,  E. 
M.  Boring,  C.  A.  Weidemann ;  Committee  on  Nominations,  C.  B. 
Lowe,  C.  S.  French,  E.  F.  Cook,  F.  E.  Stewart,  C.  A.  Weidemann. 
C.  A.  Weidemann,  M.D., 
Secretary. 
Abstracts  from  the  Minutes  of  the  Board  of  Trustees. 
March  5,  1918. — Committee  on  Library  reported  that  the  Library 
had  been  used  during  the  month  by  565  persons.  Several  gifts  had 
been  received  but  no  purchases  made.  8,150  books  were  catalogued 
and  cards  filed  to  date. 
Committee  on  Instruction  submitted  an  important  report  recom- 
